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February 26, 2016

Protoform WCICS Rd6 – Report

The Protoform Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series held Round 6 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, hosted by Regina’s FASTRAXX. Warm weather made for an easy drive for everyone coming from around Western Canada. Continuing their streak of breaking their registration records, this year was their largest turnout ever. In the Touring Car Modified class Team Associated’s Peter Tozser had an amazing final qualifying run to put him on TQ. Unfortunately, a 3rd lap mistake put him basically to the back. Team Xray’s Danny Buck capitalized on the mistake and never looked back, taking a solid win. Josh Carter was following close behind in second, until (literally) the wheels came off. Erwin Leong, running super smooth, then took over second spot. Meanwhile, at the back of the pack, Peter, running hard, managed to run through the field and made it back up to third, then a pass on Erwin put him on the second spot on the podium. Erwin, having a huge weekend, took the final spot in the class, and as the mains went on he would podium in every single class he was running.

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February 26, 2016

Nicholas & Heng win at MTS Shanghai Rd5

Round five of the MTS Shanghai series was recently held at the RCI track and a huge temperature drop made for difficult conditions for all drivers. In the Touring Car class Jimmy Qian took the TQ after the three rounds of qualification, 2 seconds ahead of Justin from Hong Kong. The opening A-main then was a done deal for the TQ holder but mistakes due to low traction in A2 and a DNF in the final A-main meant Jimmy Qian (Xray) would only finish in third place overall. Up front Nicholas (HB) would take the win from Liu Zi Wen (HB) on the runner-up spot.

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February 25, 2016

Ales Bayer doubles at Benek Cup

The Polish Benek Cup in Poland, considered to be one of the most popular races in the country, was recently held in the city of Lodz. Ales Bayer would be in control of things in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes as he not only TQ’d both categories but he also took the overall wins. In 4WD Szymon Luczak and Siwy Luczak would come in second and third respectively while the 2WD podium was completed by Wojciech Rzepecki and Sebastian Migal.

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February 24, 2016

Nico Schmid doubles at Islikon Masters Rd3

The recent third round of the Swiss Islikon Masters attracted a total of 100 drivers to compete in several electric classes including 2WD and 4WD Buggy. Xray’s Nico Schmid made a clean sweep both in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes by taking the TQs and wins to round out a perfect weekend. Second in 2WD was Team Durango driver Philipp Huber from Florian Schmid (Xray) in third.

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February 24, 2016

Defrenne & Libeer win at Lovan RC-Challenge Rd4

The recent fourth round of the popular Belgian Lovan RC-Challenge saw Stefan Rommens taking the TQ honours in the Touring Stock category. Rico Claeys and Jerome Defrenne lined up in second and third on the grid. For the finals, Jerome shifted into second gear, taking two wins to grab the overall victory from runner-up Rico Claeys. TQ holder Stefan Rommens had to settle for third overall.

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February 24, 2016

Bowie Ginting victorious at Indonesian EP Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Indonesian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Progresif Circuit in Bandung, West Java with a total of 60 racers signed in for the three classes of Touring Open, FWD and Mini. In the Touring Open class the opening qualifier was TQed by Ronny Suwarto from Donnie Pangemanan and Bowie Ginting with the latter having the speed to TQ but a last lap incident with a backmarker costed him dearly. Q2 was a different affair with Bowie grabbing a dominant TQ, a lap ahead of runner-up Suwardi Suliandy. Another dominant showing in the final qualifier handed Bowie Ginting the overall TQ and the pole position for the A-mains from Ronnie Suwarto who would line up in second on the grid.

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February 24, 2016

Xray Winter Series Greece Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Greek Xray Winter Series was held this past weekend after the race had to be postponed earlier due to weather issues. The event was held at the FRT track in the three classes of Touring Modified, Formula and Pan Car and in the Touring Modified class it was Georgiadis who instantly set the pace and swept qualifying by winning all rounds to take a dominant TQ spot. Behind him, Batas and Papachristos completed the top 3 result.

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February 24, 2016

RC Concept sign Tom Cockerill

French company RC Concept have announced the signing of Yokomo’s Tom Cockerill to their team for 2016. The UK frontrunner and 2015 IFMAR Worlds finalist will bring his speed and knowledge to the company and he joins swift team mates such as the recently announced Lee Martin and Reno Savoya.

Source: RC Concepts [rcconcept.net]